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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28
Tuesday, Jan. rs.

SENArE-The constitutional amendment
proposed, to wit, s'the right OF citizens of
the United States to vote shall not be de-
MED or abridged by the United States or by
a state, on account of SEX" was taken up,
Messrs. Blair, Brown, Dolph, Eusts and
Vest making remarks pro and con. The
vote being taken, there were 16 yeas and "a
nays, so the amendment failed. Mr.. Nc
MILAN, Mimi, voted nay and Mr.. Sabin is
not recorded among those voting. There
were six pairs and several absentees Mr..
Farwell, Ills, took his seat as the successor
of Gen. Logan. A bill was introduced to
amend the oleomargarine law. The con-
ference reports on the army appropriation
bill was agreed to. Mr.. Morgan introduced
an amendment to the bill to create depart
ment of Agriculture, providing for the
transfer of the signal service to civil author
ity.
HousE-The enrolled copy Of the inter
state commerce bill was signed by Speaker
Carlisle, and having been signed by the
acting President of the Senate, was sent to
President Cleveland, who referred it to the
Attorney General for advice as to its
constitutionality, a question having been
raised on that point. In the contested
Rhode Island election case, Page VS.. Pierce
the majority report of the committee
declared the seat vacant, the minority re-
port was rejected yeas 10S, nays 100, the
majority resolution was agreed to, yeas 100
nays 80. The Agricultural appropriation
bill was referred to the committee Of the
whole.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28
Queer Tales.

There is a dog at Magog, Quebec.
that will mount the toboggan sled go
down the slide, draw the sled back, and
go down again as many times as his
owner commands him.
Near Abanark, Va, a few days ago,
rural justice Of the peace fined man
$40 for contending that the moon had
anything to do with the ebb and flow of
the tides.
The New York Press club inaugurated
a new departure Thursday, in the shape
of monthly receptions, which will be
continued throughout the winter season.
Ex-Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania,
says he pardoned 1926 men out of ia l.
of allwhom enlisted under Farragut
Not one of them survived the war.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28
IOWA..

Gottfried Schmidt, sick and poor old
man, committed suicide at Dubuque by
throwing himself into WELL He leaves a
wife and several children.
Frank c. Haddock of Oshkosh, son of the
late Rev. G. C. Haddock, who has been
engaged in the practice of law tor the past
two years has returned to the ministry and
accepted call from a Congregational
church at Bagley, Iowa.
At the annual meeting at Davenport, of
the iowa Union Telegraphic Company and
the Iowa and Minnesota Telephone Com
pany, the two companies were consolidated
under the name Of the Iowa Union Tele-
phone Company. The company controls a
business in several Iowa towns.
The annual meeting of the Iowa State
Horticultural Society was held at Charles
City last week. Among those present was
A. G. Tuttle from Wisconsin and the pioneer
grower of Russian apples in the Northwest
Interesting papers were read on "FOrestry."
followed by general discussion. The an
President. c: j. Patten; Vice-President, Eu-
gene Secor; Secretary, George Van Houten;
Treasurer, W. Strom.
in Muscatine at $50 Jan. 2lst, after all ILL
ness (of paralytic affection) of nearly
three months The deceased was President
of the State Board of Health and Professor
of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in
the State University He served in the War
as Major of the Fifth Iowa, and, as veter-
an, was elected General of the Eastern Iowa
Veteran Association, and was Commander
of Shelby Norman Post, Grand Army of the
Republic, in that city at the time of his
death. He was equally prominent as a
Mason.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28
smerce bill debate was resumed and Is q
session held SO as to make the more pro-
gress on the subject. ., I r.. 13.* 2
Friday, Jan. FL.

Oh Friday, JAM. FL.
SENArE--The only item Of interest that
appeared to-day was petition from the W.
G. T, u, asking Congress to take action to
regulate the rum traffic, gambling and kin
dred evils, the petition alleging that the
Commissioners Of the District are in SYM
pathy with those who violate public morals,
and the keeper of noted gambling house
appears as bOndsman for one Of the
commissioners. It appeared from remarks
by Mr.. ingalls, that many months ago the
Senate had taken action upon these mat
tors by passing bill fixing liquor license at
$500, and providing for the regulation Of
other things. The House, however. had not
moved upon the subject, and it was that
body, rather than the Senate that needed
expediting.
HoUsE-Although members of the House
asked that separate votes be taken upon
designated items Of the interstate commerce
bill, these requests were refused, and vote
taken upon the conference report, yeas
219, nays A.. SO the bill passed and now
goes to the President to receive his sigma
ture. No one anticipates that this will be
withheld, but it is said the bill would be i'm
medlately passed should an Executive veto
be offered. In the vote upon the bill Messrs
Nelson, Straight, Wakefield and White are
recorded in the affirmative and Mr. Gilfillan
in the negative; Messrs Cragg and Caswell,
Wisconsin, and Mr.. Weaver, Iowa, voted
nay.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28
Fires and Casualties.

A boiler in a grain elevator at Newport
News, N. j., exploded, killing and manning
several persons.
Fire in R. Hennessy & Co.'S warehouse at
Augusta, Ca, destroyed one compartment
containing 1000 bales of cotton. Loss, $37,-
500. The salvage will be about 20 per cent.
One of the most disastrous prairie fires
that ever occurred in the Indian territory
swept over the prairie about two miles
norlh of Tahlequah on the Goth. The wind
was blowing a hurricane and the fire de
voured everything in it's path. Fences,
houses, hay and everything of the kind were
burned for miles around.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

The ice gathered in many New
Jersey ponds has been found of late to
be filled with small particles resem-
bling little worms, which have come to
be called ice-worms. A gentleman
near Dover, who found the ice in his
pond affected in this way, made an
investigations He says the pond was
filled with little wrigglers, and these
were shedding their skins. These
skins foated to the surface and adhered
to the bottom of the ice, and, as it
froze from the bottom, filled it with
what looked like great numbers of
little worms. He has noticed that
ponds plentifully stocked with fish are
rec from the wngglcrs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Foreign Budget.

The ''conspiracy' bill is said to have been
finally approved by the British cabinet.
Germany is treating with the Vatican for
twenty-year concordat. The existing
concordat applies only to Prussia.
The Italian government has bought the
and will convert it into an armed cruiser.
Three thousand Albanians attacked a
military depot near Milrovitz. The Turkish
minister of war has ordered troops to the
scene.
The French chamber of deputies Fri
day rejected two motions for the abolition
of the office Of chaplain in the public hos
pitfalls.
the defeat Of the Army bill in the German
Reichstag, and that is that it increases the
probabilities of war. All the reports from
Franco are to the effect that the dissolution
of the Reichstag has had the result of giving
the war party at Paris fresh encouragement.
There will be no Wagner festival at
Bayreuth this year, but for the next five
years Christian and Isolde" and ':Parsifal'
will be performed alternate years.
The French steamer Gironde, which has
arrived at Pauillac, France, from Buenos
Ayres has two cases of cholera on board,
and has been placed in quarantine.
Lord Colin Campbell has abandoned his
intention to move for new trial of his di-
vorce suit against bis wife and will not ap
ply to the court to fix a date for hearing.
From now until the election of the new
Reichstag Germany will be agitated from
one end Of the country to the other by the
cry of war. The hopes of securing Reich
stag favorable to the Government propo-
sails are based chiefly on this cri de guerre.
Mr.. Gladstone courageously persists in
saying that the Irish question must be set
tied before all others, and the gradual re-
vival of his popularity is based on this one
condition, In almost every letter dispatch
ed from Hawarden, either private or other
wise, he insists that the Irish question is of
supreme moment.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28
Proper Self-respect.

Philadelphia Ito New Yorker)--Why
do you New Workers wear buttonhole
bouquets in the morningP Isn't that
putting on good deal of styleP
New Yorker-Perhaps it is; but New
York is different from Philadelphia,
We have to have a proper regard for
our personal appearance, because there
are always strangers in town, you know
Lots walk a little faster. 49,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28
Political and Personal.

The condition of Hon. S. S. Cox has i'm.
proved and his recovery is assured
The Senate confirmed the nomination of
P. 81. Leslie, for Governor of Montana, on
the goth.
Rev. DR.. W. R. Huntington, rector OF
Grace church, New York, has been elected
assistant bishop of Cincinnati.
The new Governors, Briggs, of Delaware,
Green, of New Jersey, Beaver of Pennsyl-
vania, we're inaugurated on the 18th.
President Cleveland's reception to his cab
met on the Goth, was most brilliant occa-
sion. Mrs. Lamar was present for the first
time.
Mrs. Garfield, with her daughter Mollie, is
at the Murray Hill hotel, New York City,
where she will remain month or more to
be near her sons.
The California legislature voted for the
United States senator on the 18th. In the
Senate George Hearst (Dem.) received rs;
Henry Vrooman (Rep.) II. In the assembly
Mrs. VOORHEES,, wife of Senator D. W.
VOORHEES, of Indiana died at Washington, at
s p. M, on the 21st of acute peritonitis. She
was taken sick on Monday last with a con-
gestive chill followed by inflammation of the
bowels which terminated fatally. The re-
mains were taken to Terra Haute and the
funeral services held there on Sunday.
Congressman Nelson has introduced bill
to transfer the title of the United States
in the Fort Ripley reservation of 172 acres
to the State of Minnesota for the Soldiers
Home. He says it will not conflict with Mr..
Gillfllan's bill for the transfer of portion
of the Fort Smelling property for the same
purpose as the state has to decide on the To-
cation.
Frank Hiscock, who has been in the low
or house of Congress for ten years was
chosen for United States Senator by the
Republican caucus of the New York legis-
lature on the 10Th. Senator Warner Miller
and Levi P. Morton were the other can
didates, and Hiscock, who was third in the
race, was nominated by the Morton men,
who went over in a body to defeat Miller
Prof. E. L. Youmans, died at New York
City, on the 18th. He was born in New
York state in 1921, was apr ointed to the
chair Of chemistry at Antioch Co lege in
1856 and in 1872 established the Scientific
Monthly. He stood at the head of citizens
of the United States as an authority upon
scientific subjects, and his works upon
chemistry have been the standard text
books of the schools, for years.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28
MINNESOTA.
Minnesota News.

Minnesota News.
The railroad depot at Sleepy Eye burne-
on the 18th.
A religious revival is in progress III the
Methodist church at Waseca.
A man sixty years of age, was frozen to
death on the 18th, while walking from the
train at Beltrami to Edna.
Two school houses were burned at Roch-
ester on the 18th, one in the city..and one in
suburban district. Total $1,000; insur-
ance 81, 500.
Thos. Cowing, pioneer settler of Douglas
county, died at Alexandria on the 18th.
His age was IS. He is survived by seven
children.
The House committee on commerce has
reported favorably on the bill of Congress-
man Nelson. authorizing the Duluth u
the Red River of the North at point on
the boundary line between the counties of
Polk and Marshall and the county of Grand
Forks, OAK
The Treasury department has prepared
estimates for the salaries of collectors and
deputy collectors for the custom districts,
those for Minnesota being: Duluth-One col
lector, 81 200; one deputy collector, 81 600;
two deputy collectors during navigation
season, $35f; one deputy collector, $6OO
number of collectors, five. total, $500.
st. Vincent, Minn.-One collector, $500;
one deputy inspector, $500; one deputy
inspector, 81 600; four deputy inspectors,
81, 600; six deputy inspectors, 81 600; num-
Der collectors, 20; total, US, 100.
The Judiciary committee Of the House has
made favorable report on Congressman
Nelson's bill to provide for holding a term
of the United States district court at
Duluth. The bill provides that the court
shall be held ON the second Monday In July
in addition to the terms now required by
law to be held at St. Paul and Winona.
The committee makes the following amend
ment to the bill A grand and petit jury
shall be summoned to serve at the said term
of court by establishing In Its report. The
committee says, that the city Of Duluth Is
becoming large commercial city and has
considerable admiralty business. There is
also a large amount Of business in it's
vicinity relating to the public lands neo-
essary to protect the Interest OF the
government. The nearest point where
court is now held is 1T. Paul, q distance Of
$50 miles, and the expense Of .litigants, and
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28
Merry Sam Bowens,

There goes the nerviest man in the
Western country"
The gentleman indicated was Senator
Sam Bowen, of Colorado. The speaker
was one of group of politicians from
that State -
"a hundred thousand dollars in
Bowen's pocket is equal to a millions in
any other mans. He can do more with
less money than any other man | ever
met. You can't keep him down. He
has been the football of fortune all his
life. Eighteen months ago he had
hardly dollar in ready money. To-
day he could draw his check for mill
ion. l said he was nervy. I'll tell you
why.
About year ago when his finances
were at very low ebb, wrote him a
letter offering to purchase the Golcon-
da silver mine, which the Senator own
ed down in the San Juan country.
My figure was $4,000. He replied
that the amount was all that the Col
conda was worth, that the mine had
bankrupted every man who touched it
and he feared it would ruin him, but he
had faith in it and proposed hanging
on to it. At that time the only ore in
sight was low-grade ore that hardly
paid the expense of working it. A few
months later they struck it rich. and
the mine began panning out immense
ly You could not buy it to-day fol.
half million. This was apparently
| %lo %ho l.;
quent investments have turned out.
handsomely. His property, if sold
under the hammer, would not fall
short of $1.5OO,0O0.'
"Speaking about luck,'' said another
of the group, "we have an unlettered
Irishman out in Leadville who can
neither read nor write, who is worth
to-day at least 100000. Four years
ago he hadn't penny, except what he
earned from day to day as a miner.
His name is John L. Morrissey. He is
young man not over 80 or 80. The
Crown Point Mine, like Sam Bowen's
Golconda, was just about paying ex-
penses. Her owners offered to sell her
for $4,000. Morrissey went to Chica-
90 and interested Diamond Joe Rey-
nolds in the matter. Reynolds knew
that Morrissey was an authority on
mining, even if he couldn't write his
name. He finally purchased the Crown
Point, agreeing to give Morrissey a half
interest after the original sum was re-
paid Within thirty days they struck
vein of high class ore that has yielded
them a monthly income of $500
apiece ever since, There is said to be
100000 worth of ore in sight,
"And you say said one of the by
ISLANDERS, ''that Morrissey can neither
read nor write.''
O'.No, nor tell the time of day either
1t is stock joke among the boys fyou
ask Morrissey what o'clock it is for him
to pull from his fob fine hundred dol
lar watch and, with a condescending
air, tell you to LUX for yerself and then
yell know I'm not lying to yez.: -
NeaU York Herald.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

Ex-V1CE PRESIDENT WHEELER is re-
ported by a late visitor to his home at
Malone as busy with his correspondence.
He was cheerful, cordial, and vigorous
in conversation. His health is seriously
impaired, but not so as to PROSTATE him
or confne him to his house. That he is
kept in seclusion by his relatives or that
he is constantly under the influence of
opium is entirely false and groundless.
Mr.. Wheeler has survived his parents,
brothers, and sisters, and wife, and now
lives alone, childless, and without near
relative in the world, and these bereave-
ments have of course, saddened him,
but they have not broken him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

~ 6!i
especially Of witnesses, IS very great, and
the necessity for this term Of court is
obvious. -
4 TIL annual meeting of the Minnesota
horticultural society was held at ST. Paul,
on the Goth and Dist. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: President
sWyman Elliott, OF Minneapolis, W ~. o.
+ Secretary-S. D. Hillman, of Minneapolis.
Treasurer. T. Grimes, of Minneapolis.
vice-presidents were chosen as follows
"A. w. Sias, Rochester; E. II. s. Dart, Ow.
atonna; M. Cutler, Sumter; N. J. Stubs,
Long Lake; F. g. Gould, Litchfeld.
Executive Committee-J: /. Harris, La
Crescent, chairman; J: NJ. Underwood,
Lake City; M. s. Gould, Excelsior; Ditus
Day, Pennington; Isaac Fitzpatrick, Mime
apolis.
Prof. O. w. Oestlund, of Minneapolis, was
reelected chairman of the committee on en-
tomologists.
Experimental stations were established as
follows:
Worthington-H. L. Ludlow, superintend-
emit.
Fergus Falls-D. Dunca, superintendent
The second season Of the St. Paul ice pal.
ace carnival is proving more attractive and
successful than the first, which afforded SC
much pleasure and satisfaction to visitors
from abroad and residents of the city and
state, The palace itself is more majestic
and beautiful than it's predecessor, and all
the accessories are upon more conprehen:
sive plan, and therefore more charming and
enjoyable. The arrival of King Borealis
on Wednesday made that the great
fete day of the opening week OF
carnival season. There were thousands OF
visitors and an outpouring Of residents to
witness the grand parade made by the
various clubs aggregating total of over
5000 in the line. The display was un.
rivalled and picturesque almost beyond
description, and as the marching clubs
passed on their route they we're constantly
greeted withpopular acclaim. Satisfactory
as was this feature, the scene by night
is more enchanting with the
thousands of colored lights shown
of gas pipk employed for the illumination OF
the principal streets during the carnival
period. The storming of the ice-palace
ating display of fire works ever seen in the
northwest, and probably never surpassed
upon any gala occasion in the country The
storming clubs and defending battalions OK.
hibited all the military precision of veterans
and the bewildering beauty Of the event
must be left to the partial justice of imagi
nation, description being powerless to tell
the tale. The city is full of visitors and
more coming on every train.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

IT is related of an absent-minded
old bachelor, who was recently mar
ried at Athens, Ga, that when in the
marriage ceremony, it became his duty to
place the ring on the fair maids finger,
he drew silver quarterfrom his pocket
and handed it to the bride, to the con-
sternation and confusion of all parties
After he had embarked on ~ train for
the wedding tour and the conductor
came around for the tickets, he discov-
cred that he had bought one ticket,
forgetting that he had double
his expenses and responsibilities that
day
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

The CHILEAN miner is considered one
of the strongest men in the world, and
he lives principally on the lentil, the
cheapest and most nutritious food
known for its weight.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28
NOTES OF THE TIMES.

In Milligan N. j., few days ago,
a wedding was postponed because the
bride had taken sleigh ride and was
nearly frozen to death.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

JULIA WE1GLEY lives in a small log
hut near Pittsburgh. Pa, with a lot OF
chickens, geese, and dogs as COM
panions. She is great-grand daugh-
er of Lewis Bollman, one of the young
men who helped Lafayette escape from
his guard at Vienna, Austria, in 1864,
and subsequently captured and senten.
cedto death by the Austrian and authori-
ties released on condition that he would at
once leave for America, his native
land. The Humane society of Pitts
burgh has employed an attorney to look
after Julia Weigley's property and see
how it can be secured for her benefit
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

ENGLAND seems to believe that some
country may need bombarding before
long, and she is getting ready for any
hing that may happen.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

and, as / uttered the words, Need
Thee Every Hour" | saw several
people nudge several other people, and
my notions Of the zeal of these young
ladies and gentlemen changed: They
came to church to be in each others
company
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28
Thursday, Jan. 30,

sENATE-After agreeing to the conference
report on the electoral count bill, the, SEN
ate went into executive session for the re-
mainder Of the day.
4 HousE-The bill for the admission of
Washington territory was reported from
the committee en- territories and placed on
the calendar. The Senate bill amending
the bill relating to patents, trade marks
and copyright passed. The interstate com
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

FRANCIS MURPHY has been called
back to Cincinnati to continue his Cos
pc! Temperance work, and a fund pro-
vided for his compensation.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

The PHILADELPHIA LEDGER thinks
there is an epidemic of rheumatism
this winter, and says that crest for the
brain, the body and the digestion.
! and a diet of hot water and cheerful
ness, is the treatment best warranted
to bring sufferers right
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

DR.. MCCosH states that he has no
intention of resigning the presidency of
Princeton college, but will endeavor
to make it full-tledged university.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

The latest English fad in New York
city it to use the word Clown instead
of s'City' or New York. in address,
ing ter. One young lady received
on Monday an invitation to dinner,
mailed to her two weeks ago that was
addressed in the new style.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

A MAN, at Parsboro, n, Y. who
had been an inveterate smoker, joined
the Salvation army and tried to give
up tobacco. This affected his nerves.
He worked at numbering, and his COM
panions tainted and jeered at his relig-
ion and attempted self-denial so much
that he was driven insane.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-28

SOLOMON WA1xEL, young citizen
of Chicago, has brought suit against
Mayor Carter H. Harrison for $4,000
damages received July 4, through the
carelessness of the mayor in exploding
fireworks at his residence on Ashland
avenue, when the plaintiff was seriously
wounded in an eve.